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Monday, August 8, 2011

National Science Foundation (08/04/11) Marlene Cimons
The University of California, Berkeley's Team for Research in
Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) is developing cybersecurity science
and technology designed to change how organizations design, build, and
operate trustworthy information systems. One of TRUST's long-term goals
is to build a science base that will lead to new cybersecurity defense
systems. "We believe what is missing is the science of cybersecurity--a
science base, like the kind taught in medical schools, so as to enable
doctors to treat and help patients," says Berkeley's Shankar Sastry.
"We want the legacy of TRUST to be the start of this science base, upon
which an inherent defense system can be built that will operate almost
like the body's in the event of an attack." TRUST's research partners
include Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, San Jose State, Stanford, and
Vanderbilt universities, as well as Intel, Cisco Systems, IBM, Symantec,
and Qualcomm. TRUST wants to improve anti-identity theft systems and
technology that secures sensitive documents such as medical records.
For example, TRUST is working with Vanderbilt's medical school on a
pilot project to research privacy issues involved with medical and
billing information. TRUST also is developing a cybersecurity education
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